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Nov
04
2011
 
Stephen King’s Doublewide TrailerPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter fairy-dust all over your typewriter or computer station.” Stephen King On Writing Ever since my shoot in Maine last week I’ve had Stephen King on my mind. While I haven’t read that many of his novels, I [...]
Nov
03
2011
Descriptive Writing (Frank Darabont)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaYesterday I showed how Stephen King described Andy Dufrese in his novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, today we’ll look at how Frank Darabont described the same character in his screenplay The Shawshank Redemption: ANDY DUFRESNE, mid-20′s, wire rim glasses, three-piece suit. Under normal circumstances a respectable, solid citizen; hardly dangerous, perhaps even meek. But [...]
Nov
02
2011
Descriptive Writing (Stephen King)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAfter visiting the prison where they shot the movie The Shawshank Redemption in Ohio (and writing a post about it yesterday), I thought it was time I finally read the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. Having been in Maine last week and learning that lobster was once prison food I was [...]
Oct
31
2011
The Real & Creepy Shawshank PrisonPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaToday I’m on the last leg of a road trip that has lasted 22 days and will cover more than 4,000 miles in 13 states. While there were plenty of interesting moments (my first wasp sting ever on a shoot in West Virginia—nothing a little “hillbilly medicine” couldn’t fix) , but the first night of [...] “I read Lewis for comfort and pleasure many years ago, and a glance into the books revives my old admiration.” John Updike I’m not sure what the worst place I’ve stayed this year has been, but the nicest place is easy. One of my favorite all-time illustrations was written by C.S. Lewis. In may have been a section [...]
Oct
29
2011
“The Shining” (As a Romantic Comedy)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWhen I was in film school we cut versions of an old Gunsmoke TV scene. It’s a great exercise. Today it’s popular for people to recut their own movie tailers. It’s a lot easier today with non-linear editing systems than on a 16mm upright Moviola, but the exercise is just as effective. And you don’t have [...] While many people dream of a white Christmas, you rarely here anybody pine for a white halloween. But that’s what it looks like many in the upper northeast will get this Halloween. Thursday night this is what Maine looked like outside where I ate dinner and watched snow gently fall on the pumpkins. Now, if [...]
Oct
29
2011
Terraria (Oyster & Escargot)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMy two day streak of lobster ended today in Maine, but don’t feel bad for me, I did get to experience a personal culinary first—escargot on an oyster. From the minute we pulled up to The Tides Beach Club on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport I realized I was a long way from Cedar Falls, Iowa. (Though [...] Yesterday on a shoot in Maine I was subjected to eating prison food—and it was better than you think. I don’t know how many prisons today serve lobster for lunch, but many years ago in Maine the lobsters were so plentiful that they would wash up on shore. I was told by the chef that [...] On Monday I was in Orlando finishing up shooting a video project when I got a call about shooting another project in Maine. About 24 hours later I was in Kennebunkport and this was one of the first sites I stumbled upon— Hidden Pond. |
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